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Kunal Lunawat

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
153 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$500k Consulting to $45m Prop Tech VC Fund

So I would not, you know, opine much on how WeWork was run as a business.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$500k Consulting to $45m Prop Tech VC Fund

But the fact is that if you think about a PropTech business that's been scaled faster than anything,

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$500k Consulting to $45m Prop Tech VC Fund

There are a few proof points on WeWork.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$500k Consulting to $45m Prop Tech VC Fund

If you think about a category being created in the office space, I mean, co-working as a concept was introduced and made global by WeWork.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$500k Consulting to $45m Prop Tech VC Fund

So to have those insights in terms of how to make a business go global and how to scale something that fast, I think there are fewer people better positioned to do that than the current team that we have at the cap table.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$500k Consulting to $45m Prop Tech VC Fund

I'd have a more positive spin towards that, which is not everyone in the world can raise $20 billion.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$500k Consulting to $45m Prop Tech VC Fund

So you find me five people and I'll speak to all five of them.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$500k Consulting to $45m Prop Tech VC Fund

So we invest in this company called Stay Flexi.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$500k Consulting to $45m Prop Tech VC Fund

It came out of Y Combinator's last cohort.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$500k Consulting to $45m Prop Tech VC Fund

They're building the modern OS for hotel owners and operators.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$500k Consulting to $45m Prop Tech VC Fund

And really to think about it is, you know, the initial wedge, the foot in the door for them is allow flexible check-in and check-outs.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$500k Consulting to $45m Prop Tech VC Fund

So Nathan, you may have gone to a hotel room, you know, your flight may have landed early and you want to check in at 9 a.m.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$500k Consulting to $45m Prop Tech VC Fund

But you could only check in post 2 p.m.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$500k Consulting to $45m Prop Tech VC Fund

And then you wanted to say check out late, but you had to check out by 11 a.m.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$500k Consulting to $45m Prop Tech VC Fund

So what StayFlexy is solving for is essentially at the point of sale, when you're making a reservation, you get to select the hour that you want to check in.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$500k Consulting to $45m Prop Tech VC Fund

So it could be 9 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 10 a.m.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$500k Consulting to $45m Prop Tech VC Fund

And then you also get to check out the hour that you want to check out.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$500k Consulting to $45m Prop Tech VC Fund

Could be 3 p.m., 3.30 p.m., and 4 p.m.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
$500k Consulting to $45m Prop Tech VC Fund

Turns out to actually have this flexibility is a pretty complex problem at the back end.